Prompted by Nature

By Helen Forester

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Episodes: 123

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The Prompted by Nature podcast is a series of interviews punctuated by meditations and writing prompts inspired by each conversation. It explores the connection between nature and creativity through story-telling. Guests include Naturalists and Environmentalists, Herbalists, Botanists, Wildlife Experts, Therapists, Nature Writers and Photographers, Outdoor/Wilderness Guides, Artists, Climate Change Activists and so any more inspiring souls using their creativity to work in and with nature.

Episode Date
6.6 Shortlisted and Grateful (Solo ep.)
Nov 02, 2023
6.5a Lucy Power: Environmental Education through the Arts
Sep 17, 2023
6.4a Marchelle Farrell: 'Uprooting'
Aug 07, 2023
6.3b 'I Write with the Trees' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Katie Holten
Aug 05, 2023
6.3a Katie Holten: Art, Activism and the Language of Trees
Jun 25, 2023
6.2b Creativity as a Tool for Resistance: Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Katherine May
Jun 16, 2023
6.2a Katherine May: Creating Enchantment
Jun 11, 2023
6.1b Sifting through the Shards: Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Victoria Bennett
Jun 07, 2023
6.1 Victoria Bennett, 'All My Wild Mothers'
Apr 30, 2023
5.13b 'Shifting Perspectives' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with LiLi K Bright
Mar 19, 2023
5.13a LiLi K Bright 'Multifaceted Creativity'
Mar 12, 2023
5.12b 'Writing with the Moon' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Caro Giles
Feb 28, 2023
5.12a Caro Giles: Twelve Moons
Feb 26, 2023
5.11b 'Creating a Folklore of Place' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Elin Manon
Feb 14, 2023
5.11a Elin Manon: 'Illustration, Folklore and Landscape'
Feb 12, 2023
5.10b 'Start Where You Are'... Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Moya Lloyd
Jan 31, 2023
5.10a Moya Lloyd - Building a Creative Community at the Boundary Way Project
Jan 29, 2023
3.9b 'A Sense of Place' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Kathryn Aalto
Jan 18, 2023
5.9a Kathryn Aalto - Writing in Place
Jan 15, 2023
5.8 Tending the Compost (Solo Episode)
Jan 08, 2023
5.7b 'Where are you *not* blocked?' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Rebecca Beattie
Dec 17, 2022
5.7a Rebecca Beattie: ‘Rediscovering Nature’s Seasons and Cycles’
Dec 17, 2022
5.6b 'A Thread in the Tapestry' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Angeline Morrison
Dec 14, 2022
5.6a Angeline Morrison, Folk Music as Storytelling
Dec 11, 2022
5.5b 'Grow, Cook, Dye or Wear' - Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Bella Gonshorovitz
Dec 03, 2022
5.5a Bella Gonshorovitz, 'Grow, Cook, Dye, Wear'
Nov 28, 2022
5.4b Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Catherine Lucktaylor: 'Creative Visionaries'
Nov 16, 2022
5.4a Catherine Lucktaylor, 'Landscapes of Clay'
Nov 13, 2022
5.3b 'Creating an Intentional Creative Practice' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Eleanor Cheetham
Nov 03, 2022
5.3a Eleanor Cheetham: 'Weaving Words and Spinning Tales'
Oct 30, 2022
5.2b Writing with Water: Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Amy-Jane Beer
Oct 19, 2022
5.2a Amy-Jane Beer: The Flow
Oct 16, 2022
5.1b Finding the Landscape in You: Writing Prompt for my Interview with Bryony Benge-Abbott
Oct 15, 2022
5.1a Bryony Benge-Abbott: Exploring the Intersections
Oct 02, 2022
4.13b 'Bark Mask' - Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Jackee Holder
Aug 05, 2022
4.13a Jackee Holder: Writing with Trees in the Urban Landscape
Jul 31, 2022
4.12b 'Nourishing your Creativity': Prompt for my Conversation with Soraya Abdel-Hadi
Jul 20, 2022
4.12a Soraya Abdel-Hadi: 'Finding my Creative Voice through Nature'
Jul 17, 2022
4.11b A 'Prompt Per Minute': Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Annabel Abbs
Jul 12, 2022
4.11 52 Annabel Abbs: Walking into Creativity
Jul 10, 2022
4.10b 'Restoring the Earth through the Arts': Writing Prompt for my Interview with Elizabeth Gleave
Jun 28, 2022
4.10a Elizabeth Gleave ofThe Land Art Agency: 'Restoring the Earth through the Arts'
Jun 26, 2022
4.9b 'Looking to See' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Hannah Bourne-Taylor
Jun 14, 2022
4.9a Hannah Bourne-Taylor: 'What the Fledgling Taught Me'
Jun 12, 2022
4.8b 'Writing with the Lost Species of Forget-Me-Not' (plus a bonus meditation practice) writing prompt for my interview with Sophie Pavelle
Jun 07, 2022
4.8a Sophie Pavelle: 'Finding the Lost Species of Climate Change Britain'
Jun 05, 2022
4.7b 'Landscape as Character' Writing Prompt for my Interview with Ben Myers
Jun 03, 2022
4.7a Benjamin Myers: Writing with the Land in 'The Perfect Golden Circle'
May 29, 2022
4.6b Four-Word Writing Prompt for my interview with Georgia Wyatt-Lovell
May 17, 2022
4.6a Georgia Wyatt-Lovell: Bags and Bouncy Castles
May 15, 2022
4.5b 'In a Land of Giants' Writing Prompt for my Interview with Cheryl Duerden
May 03, 2022
4.5a Cheryl Duerden: In a Land of Giants, Empathetic Forestry
May 01, 2022
4.4b The Interconnectedness of All Things: Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Lydia Needle
Apr 21, 2022
4.4a Lydia Needle: Fifty Bees - 'The Interconnectedness of All Things'
Apr 17, 2022
4.3b Writing Prompt for Ebony Gheorghe: Creating with the Plants
Apr 07, 2022
4.3a Ebony Gheorghe: Nettle and Bees
Apr 05, 2022
4.2b Writing Prompt for Rebecca Schiller: 'Weaving our Words: People, Place and Landscape'
Mar 22, 2022
4.2 Rebecca Schiller: Earthed
Mar 20, 2022
4.1 Starting Again: Welcome to Series Four!
Mar 14, 2022
3.8a Chloé Valerie Harmsworth: Nature-Inspired Creativity
Apr 29, 2021
3.7a Rosalind Lowry, 'Land Art: Celebrating our Boglands'
Apr 15, 2021
3.6a Jamey Anne Redway: Illustration and the Natural World
Apr 01, 2021
3.5b 'Planting and Nurturing Seeds' Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Barbara Wilkinson
Mar 31, 2021
3.5a Barbara Wilkinson of the Herb Society, 'The Timeless Wisdom of Plants'
Mar 18, 2021
3.4b 'Repurposing your Work' Meditation and Writing Prompt for my conversation with Grace Hull
Mar 11, 2021
3.4a Grace Hull of Green Soul Grace: Holistic Sustainability
Mar 04, 2021
3.3 Solo Episode: Benfield Valley, Patreon, and Creative Practices
Feb 26, 2021
3.2a 'Inner Space' Meditation and Writing Prompt for my interview with Stella Tomlinson
Feb 19, 2021
3.2a Stella Tomlinson: Priestesshood and Earth-Based Spirituality
Feb 18, 2021
3.1b 'Warm Heart' Meditation and Writing Prompt for my interview with Rebecca Lazarou
Feb 11, 2021
3.1a Rebecca Lazarou: The Plant Scientist
Feb 06, 2021
A Little Pre-Series Three Catch-Up!
Jan 22, 2021
2.12b 'Writing with the Storks' Meditation and Writing Prompt for My Conversation with Lucy Groves
Dec 17, 2020
2.12a Lucy Groves: The Creativity Behind the White Stork Project
Dec 09, 2020
2.11b 'Eco-Anxiety Strategies' Meditation and Writing Prompt for Anita Badgi Conversation
Dec 07, 2020
2.11a Anita Bagdi: Eco-Anxiety as a Channel for Creativity
Dec 02, 2020
2.10b Meditation and Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Marchelle Farrell, Creating Space in Nature
Nov 27, 2020
2.10a Marchelle Farrell: My Garden, My Teacher
Nov 25, 2020
2.9 Put your Money Where your Heart is: Supporting Nature-Inspired Small Businesses in 2020 (Solo episode)
Nov 18, 2020
2.8b 'Skyscapes' Meditation and Writing Prompt for Punam Sanghrajka
Nov 13, 2020
2.8a Punam Sanghrajka: Skyscapes and Art as Meditation
Nov 11, 2020
2.7 Solo Episode: Recovering from Creative Exhaustion
Nov 06, 2020
2.6b Art as Play: Meditation and Writing Prompt for my Conversation with Beca Beeby
Nov 02, 2020
2.6a. Beca Beeby: Art as Play
Oct 21, 2020
2.5b 'Quiet Enough for Nature': Meditation and Writing Prompt for my Interview with Nick Hayes
Oct 16, 2020
2.5a Nick Hayes: The Book of Trespass
Oct 14, 2020
2.4b Trash to Treasure: Prompt for my Interview with Erica Purvis
Oct 12, 2020
2.4a Erica Purvis, Eco-Designer and Engineer: Creative Sustainability and the Joy of Buying Less
Oct 07, 2020
2.3b The Path: Meditation and Writing Prompted for My Conversation with Lorraine Tindale
Oct 05, 2020
2.3a Lorraine Tindale: Nature-Based EMDR and Taking your Therapy Outside
Sep 30, 2020
2.2b Finding Your Creative Space. Meditation and Writing Prompt for my interview with Nina Constable
Sep 23, 2020
2.2a Nina Constable: Celebrating Nature through Film-Making
Sep 23, 2020
2.1.b Meditation & Writing Prompt for Avni Trivedi interview: Re-Engaging with Your Sense of Touch
Sep 18, 2020
2.1a. Avni Trivedi: Reconnecting with the Wisdom of your Body
Sep 18, 2020
Welcome to Series Two! (Solo Episode)
Sep 16, 2020
15. Solo Episode: A Series One Recap
Jul 31, 2020
14b. Merlin's Cave. Meditation and Writing Prompt for Karen Collins
Jul 18, 2020
14a. Karen Collins of 'Naturally Useful': Supporting Local Economies through Land-based Crafts
Jul 18, 2020
13b. 'The River at Banorie.' Meditation and Writing Prompt for Dawn Nelson
Jul 12, 2020
13a. Dawn Nelson: Rewilding the Self through Storytelling
Jul 12, 2020
12b. 'A Journey to Oneness' Meditation and Writing Prompt for Dr Sheree Mack
Jun 30, 2020
12a. Dr Sheree Mack: Representation in Nature as a Path to Oneness
Jun 27, 2020
11b. 'Rewilding your Characters' Meditation and Writing Prompt for Jan Stannard
Jun 22, 2020
11a. Jan Stannard: Heal Rewilding, 'Everyone, Together'
Jun 22, 2020
10b. Searching for Magic in your Local Landscape
Jun 18, 2020
10a. Jini Reddy: Finding Magic in the Landscape
Jun 18, 2020
9b. 'Finding Eden' Meditation and Writing Prompt for Lucy Jones
Jun 11, 2020
9a. Lucy Jones. 'Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild'
Jun 11, 2020
8b. Finding your Safe Space. Meditation and Writing Prompt for my interview with Ian Solomon-Kawall
Jun 06, 2020
8a. Ian Solomon-Kawall: Biodiversity, Creativity and Safe Space in Urban Settings
Jun 06, 2020
7b. 'Conversations with a Tree' Meditation and Writing Prompt for Nana Tomova
Jun 01, 2020
7a. Nana Tomova, Story-telling, Mental Health and 'The Story Apothocary'
Jun 01, 2020
6b. 'Under Dark Skies' Meditation and Writing Prompt for my episode with Tiffany Francis-Baker
May 25, 2020
6a. Tiffany Francis-Baker: Creativity as Conservation
May 25, 2020
5b: Meditation and Writing Prompt for BeeVive
May 21, 2020
5a: Faye Whitley of BeeVive. Bee-Centred Business.
May 21, 2020
4b. Flying with the Bees: Meditation and Writing Prompt for Jonathan Alawo Episode
May 17, 2020
4a. Jonathan Alawo: Local Beekeeping as Stewardship
May 17, 2020
3b. Meditation and Writing Prompt for Weeds in the Heart
May 14, 2020
3a. Nathaniel Hughes and Fiona Owen: Weeds in the Heart
May 14, 2020
2b. Meditation and Writing Prompt for WanderWomen Interview
May 06, 2020
2a. Anna Neubert-Wood of WanderWomen Scotland: Creating Sisterhood in the Wild
May 06, 2020
1. Welcome to Prompted by Nature
Apr 23, 2020